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Hospital Sketches

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Large Format for easy reading. By the author of Little Women. A collection of letters written when Alcott was a Civil War army nurse, they garnered Alcott's first critical recognition for her observations and humour.

Subject
historybiography
Genre
american civil warhistorical fictionwar and militaryliterary fiction
Themes
medicalamerican history
Setting
civil war19th centurynew yorkUSAwashington DC
Audience
adultyoung adult
Length
short · 80 pages
Form
short stories

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